The Piano

September 16, 2010
The Piano
Call Number: VHS01381
by Holly Hunter; Harvey Keitel; Sam Neill; Anna Paquin; Jane Campion; CIBY 2000.; Live Home Video
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Van Nyus, Calif. : Live Home Video, ©1994
Notes:  Originally released in 1993 (121 min.); Nominated for eight 1994 Academy Awards;
Summary: A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer there. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Only one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won through her beloved piano
OCLC #: 30614353
Added: September 16, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Bright Star

July 7, 2010
Bright Star
Call Number: DVD00694
by Jan Chapman; Caroline Hewitt; Jane Campion; Abbie Cornish; Ben Whishaw; Paul Schneider; Kerry Fox; Mark Bradshaw; Pathé frères (France); Screen Australia.; BBC Films.; UK Film Council.; New South Wales Film and Television Office.; Hopscotch International (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010]
Notes:  Originally released in 2009 (119 min.); Nominated for one 2010 Academy Award; Special features: deleted scene; featurettes: Becoming Keats and Fanny, Setting the scene, An inspiring romance;
Summary:  Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
OCLC #: 462157409
Added: July 7, 2010
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The Portrait of a Lady

May 5, 2010
The Portrait of a Lady
Call Number: VHS01179
by Jane Campion; Nicole Kidman; John Malkovich; Barbara Hershey; Henry James; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm); Propaganda Films (Firm); PolyGram Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [New York, NY] : PolyGram Video, 1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (144 mins.); based on the book by Henry James; Nominated for two 1997 Academy Awards;
Summary:  Isabel Archer is a young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her head-strong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle and the devious Gilbert Osmond.
OCLC #: 36867924
Also: Available on DVD at DVD00404
Added: May 5, 2010
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The Portrait of a Lady

April 27, 2009
The Portrait of a Lady
Call Number: DVD00404
by Jane Campion; Monty Montgomery; Steve Golin; Laura Jones; Wojciech Kilar; Nicole Kidman; John Malkovich; Barbara Hershey; Henry James; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm); Propaganda Films (Firm); PolyGram Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Polygram Video, ©1998.
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (144 mins.); edition contains biographies of filmmakers and cast; based on the book by Henry James; Nominated for two 1997 Academy Awards;
Summary: Isabel Archer is a 19th-century young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her head-strong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle and the devious Gilbert Osmond.
OCLC #: 40512370
Added: April 27, 2009
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